Atom Nomenclature for IRG

The atom nomenclature in PDB data files was revised with the release of data in the PDB Format Version 3.0. These changes make the PDB atom names used by PDB compliant with existing IUPAC nomenclature for standard amino acid and nucleotides (Pure & Appl. Chem., 70, 117-142, 1998) with the exception of the well established convention for C-terminal atoms OXT and HXT. A small number of additional changes were introduced in Version 3 to make atom labeling more conventional. The following chemical diagrams and tables provide the correspondences between atom names used in Version 3 and Version 2 PDB formats.

Labeled Chemical Diagrams

Chemical diagram with format V3 atom labels (heavy atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V3 atom labels (all atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V2 atom labels (heavy atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V2 atom labels (all atoms)

Atom Name Correspondences for IRG

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
N1 N1
C2 C2
N3 N3
C4 C4
C5 C5
C6 C6
NAA NAA
CAB CAB
CAC CAC
CAD CAD
CAE CAE
CAF CAF
CAG CAG
CAH CAH
CAI CAI
CAJ CAJ
CAK CAK
NAN NAN
CAO CAO
CAP CAP
CAU CAU
HNAA HNAA
HNAB HNAB
HAB HAB
HAC HAC
HAD HAD
HAE HAE
HAF HAF
HAG HAG
HAH HAH
HAI HAI
HAJ HAJ
HAJA HAJA
HAK HAK
HAKA HAKA
HNAN HNAN
HAU HAU